[UPDATE] Rolando McClain suspend for conduct detrimental to the team (post #218)

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well im surprised we didnt try to dangle him a bit as trade bait. Im sure someone would have spent a 5th rounder or something for him. Long story in epic, he was just one more waste case we had to unload sooner or later. Underperformed , bad attitude, off field issues.

See ya later Ro - you wont be missed

he wasn't going to get us a 5th. i doubt he gets claimed no one is going to take on his contract. he'll clear waivers and end up somewhere

I hate to imply this, but I think it's the raider culture that is the problem. How many players have we drafted now that are considered busts? We may have reached a lot on a few picks, but most picks were made within the general area of where they were predicted to go in the draft.

It's a deeper problem guys and it has to do with lack of stability and continuity.

I agree with you on that. But DA and RM have started to change that players have more power and say over the HC culture Al famously had installed. Seems McClain couldn't buy into that culture change and any other player that has been unexpectedly let go in the past year by this new regime.. this move was to weed out that deeper problems this team has had this past decade.

If his "real team" qoute is true than it proves he never truly played for the Raiders and only ever wanted a paycheck, so heres a real Big **** YOU and I hope someone claims you so we don't have to pay you. I can only hope RM starts getting players that value this organization.

By any chance did you see his reaction when he was selected by the Raiders. I kinda knew right then and there that this man didn't want to be on this team and was just going to bid his time. He will go somewhere else and play well. I can almost gurantee it, because he never wanted to be here. I really hope if he is cut that he gets claimed by the Jets or the Browns. A team that is just so horrible that he is in an abyss that keeps him in a disfunctional hell. The Raiders will get out of this. Burris and Wheeler are great LB's and will get better over time.

I was a big Ro supporter and I have his jersey. But now, I want him off this team!

Just recently, McClain supposedly put this on his Facebook page.
“Officially no longer an Oakland Raider!!”
Followed by:
“Well technically I am. But I’m mentally done. Just waiting on my papers”
And: “I’d like to be anywhere besides here.”
McClain is earning $970,000 this season in base salary. He is slated to make $4,005,000 in 2013, $4,805,000 in 2014 and $2,665,000 in 2015.